Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals
APRIL. 145 I come, like a hope to a gloomy breast 145 THE CURASSOW. 146 SOME NOTABLE NESTS. 149 THE BLACKBIRD’S SONG. 151 A GOLDEN EAGLE. 152 THE HARLEQUIN DUCK. (_Histrionicus histrionicus._) 155 AN ORCHARD BIRD-WAY. 156 THE CANADA GROUSE. (_Dendragapus canadensis._) 158 DO P...
Our orchard is surrounded by a fence of weather-stained chestnut rails, whose punctured surface has been the scene of many a worm tragedy resulting in the survival of the fittes...
3. Part 3There is so much to say about the wonderful intelligence displayed by plants in their various activities, that a volume could not do the subject justice. We started with the que...
1. Part 1APRIL. 145 I come, like a hope to a gloomy breast 145 THE CURASSOW. 146 SOME NOTABLE NESTS. 149 THE BLACKBIRD’S SONG. 151 A GOLDEN EAGLE. 152 THE HARLEQUIN DUCK. (_Histrionicus...
4. Part 4A genus of mollusks with light horn colored shells, and inhabiting the cold waters of the Arctic seas, is the Buccinum, or whelk. In various parts of Great Britain it is known a...
5. Part 5Wiser wrens, with an instinctive knowledge that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, are known to have the forethought when the box in which they build contains two...